Family Tree ancestor baby competition - the winning baby has been chosen!

Family Tree's ancestor baby competition attracted entries from around the world, and now the winning baby has been chosen and will appear on the cover of Family Tree magazine!

Thank you to everyone who entered the contest, sharing gorgeous baby photos from years gone by, on our Facebook and Twitter pages, using the #FTbaby hashtag.

Here is the winning photo, submitted by Lisa Spooner, who said of the photo: 'This is my mum, Irene Claire Wiseman, who sadly passed away in July of last year, just a few weeks short of her 80th birthday.

Born on 7 August 1936, the picture shows her at, I think, 7 or 8 months old, and appears to have been taken in preparation of her enrolment onto the local Salvation Army Cradle roll - we have the original large print photo, and the Cradle roll paper certificate (dated 27 April 1937) with the photo featured - I love the fact it has been coloured! None of us had seen this photo (or the S.A certificate) until after she'd died, when it was found stashed away in the top of a wardrobe.'

Keep checking our social media pages, as we'll be sharing some of the other beautiful baby photos over the coming weeks, and you can watch our slideshow below…